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My thoughts on Facebook’s commenting system

The Way of the Web

Blog comments have long been one way of creating community between bloggers, whether or not those comments are seo-friendly ‘do follow’ links or ‘no follow’ If someone posts a great comment on my site, I’d like them to get the small reward of a direct link to their site, if anyone wants to find out more.

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Do you lose value by turning off comments on a blog?

The Way of the Web

Various software solutions attempt to curb the constant flood of spam comments, for instance Akismet , and most commenting systems also include moderation tools, such as Disqus , which runs here. The usual example is Fred Wilson’s community at avc.com. This removes any search engine value for anyone commenting.

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Tweet Spinner Review: A Powerful Application to Manage Your Tweets

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

You might also want to see that they are future upstanding members of the community. Tweet Spinner also has a “nofollow&# user list that will algorithmically never follow users who meet certain criteria. Moreover, you can also nofollow people based on their tweets. between 40 and 40000). Age of account. Tweet frequency.

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Blogging Etiquette in the Face of a PR Pitch: What Miss Blogging.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

My focus with this blog has always been community. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It’s important to understand the communities you contribute to and to understand the rules of the sites that you target. FriendFeed is a service but it’s also a community. Conclusion Remember that social media communities are real relationships, real conversations, and as such, they should be treated like they are real.

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